My LFS just stopped carrying DT's because he does not sell enough before expiry he will order it for me so its not that bad, plus there online. However its more of a pain as i go through alot i want to investigate whats out there.
I will no doubt continue to use DT's for the most part as all...
Has anyone had any experience with creating your own food supliments for filter feeders. I currently only use DT's phyto and blended mysis and ghost shrimp.
Anybodyt tried on the vegitation side or experience growing your own phyto. The diet of concern is for sea apples as they are the pickiest...
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I am about to purchase two of the larger boxes when my tanks ready, i havent used them personally but they are not complicated devices and the prices is good.
Robin
It depends on the polyp type but i had a huge problem with polyps and under the advice of a well respected LFS owner i purchased several perper mint shrimps.
Nothing happened immediatly but about three weeks later i noticed that my polyps were disapearing. i still have the shrimp its been...
Try it. I have used this before and it worked. Takes a bit of creative fiddeling with the coil and fan setup though but it it works.
Buy a really small and cheap power head 20$ or use an old one the flow does not need to be very high.
Go the the hardware store and pickup 20 ft of 1/4 inch or...
what test are you using for alk,
dKH should be bwtween 7 and 10 a reading of 3 would be bad and could also be why your ph is a little on the low side depending on what the 3 really means. This would freak the corals out a little/lot. but it al depnds on the test your using.
if the test is...
just a note:
both Sea Apples are in the same tank and share with:
1. Zebra eel (5 years)
1. Ghost eel (18 months)
1. Maroon clown (4-5 years)
1. bubble tip anenomy (2-5 years)
1. Damsel
2. cleaner shrimp
Various hermits and stars
This may be a bit long but if you’ve made it this far your interested :), it might also need to be moved to another Colum I’m not sure, first post on reefs :).
From experience.
I own currently two Sea Apples. I have had three over the past 10 years. one of my currents I have had for over...
